Sarah has bravely spoken out about being raped by her father, Peter Blatchford

Sarah managed to escape and notify the police while Blatchford went to the toilet. He was arrested, but absconded during the trial forcing her into hiding. Blatchford was later caught and jailed for nine years.

But Sarah’s ordeal was not over. The 24-year-old was the victim of a second sex attack at the hands of a stranger while walking home from a night out in 2015.

“I never expected lightening to strike twice,” she exclusively told The Sun Online. "After dad was jailed I thought that was my nightmare over.

“When it happened again I couldn’t believe it, but what I went through with my dad is what made me fight back. I was not going to be a victim again after what he did to me.”

Blatchford was jailed for nine years in 2013 for false imprisonment and rape

Sarah was just five when her parents split up. Her mother warned her not to have anything to do with her father, but as a teen she decided to contact him.

“I didn’t listen to mum, I had this idea that my dad would be this wonderful man who would want to love and look after me,” she said.

Sarah began visiting Blatchford in London, where he would take her to the pub. “It made me feel quite grown up, even though he would get quite drunk and encourage me to drink despite being underage,” she said.

She recalls one outing when a man started speaking to her and her father flew into a jealous rage. “It scared me and I didn’t like to see him after that so solely stopped meeting up,” she said.

Sarah recalls how her father locked her in a bedroom before forcing himself upon her

Sarah managed to escape. She called the police and they arrested him.

Later, Sarah gave evidence in court behind a screen and returned home while the trial continued.

One day she saw dozens of missed calls from a police officer on her phone and knew something was wrong.

Sarah returned the call and was asked: “Do you want the good news or the bad?” She asked for the good and was told her father had been found guilty of false imprisonment and rape, but was now on the run.

Blatchford had absconded while the jury deliberated, but was convicted in his absence.